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Ouya has heavily revised its rules for the Free the Games Fund, a contest aimed at encouraging high-quality exclusive titles for the Android gaming console maker by matching funds raised through Kickstarter. (Read More)

Gridiron Thunder is a pro football game and is set to release on Sept. 15, according to the project's Kickstarter page. With an initial goal of $75,000, the game raised $171,000 in a month. Most surprising is that the game had only 183 backers, meaning the average amount donated per person was $934.48. Some of the funders donated $10,000. For comparison, of 84 projects over the past three months, the average donation per person was $50.59, "making Gridiron Thunder a statistical anomaly," according to Joystiq. On the last day of the campaign, the game received $45,522 from 12 backers, according to Kicktraq. (Read More)

Ouya announced in July that it would match funds for Ouya titles that were funded through Kickstarter. That's a pretty good deal, so a number of game developers took a swing at it. There were reports as the first two campaigns neared their goals that something was amiss. There were a number of very large donations, and some felt that screamed "scam." One project has been suspended, and the details are starting to come out. (Read More)

Back in July, we reported that Ouya had set up a million dollar fund to aid developers who were creating Ouya exclusive titles by matching some of the Kickstarter funding. Seems that one game has gotten suspended of alleged fraudulent backers just to get the funding. (Read More)

The crowdfunding campaign for Elementary, My Dear Holmes was suspended by Kickstarter today. The point-and-click adventure game had already reached its $50,000 goal, earning $58,770 before its suspension, days before it was slated to end on September 13. The reasons for the project's suspension by Kickstarter are unclear, though the developer said it addressed concerns regarding "suspicious accounts" that supported the game. (Read More)

Hey everyone! As our campaign enters the final week we've got another piece of concept art, one of a famous location from the Sherlock and Watson stories. Can you guess where it is? Leave your thoughts in the Comments below! Our friends over... (Read More)

My Dearest Mary, I pray forgiveness for the tardiness of my response. I know that the New Year’s Day has come and gone this two weeks hence, but circumstances prevented me from being able to properly draft a letter. I am a fool, Mary. A fool who I... (Read More)

Hello adventure game and Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts! We're very sorry to be bringing this news to you, but apparently we made a mistake. We were not aware at the time of filming our last video update that Kickstarter does not allow contests... (Read More)

Hello, Dear Backers! We have super-exciting news. Thanks to a suggestion by backer Leo S, the Elementary, My Dear Holmes Team shall be releasing gradual updates featuring a John Watson/Sherlock Holmes story that leads up to the video game! Titled... (Read More)

Company offers to double the money a game makes on Kickstarter in exchange for exclusivity. What could possibly go wrong? Nothing concrete, as of yet, but two games looking to take advantage of Ouya’s new Free The Games campaign – which sees the console makers match the funding target of successful Kickstarter campaigns in return for timed exclusivity on the tiny console – certainly look a little fishy. (Read More)

Im Juli stellten die Entwickler der mittels Crowdfunding finanzierten Android-Konsole Ouya einen 1-Million-US-Dollar-Fond vor, um Entwickler für die Plattform zu gewinnen. Die ersten beiden Spiele bei Kickstarter haben die Finanzierungskriterien des Fonds erfüllt, doch Internetnutzer schlagen aufgrund von Betrugsverdacht Alarm. (Read More)

We've got a new piece of concept art for you Watson-heads, but there's some mystery behind it.  Who is this stranger who looks to be from a different time? Could it be Watson from an alternate future? A crazed scientist who wants to test insane... (Read More)

WE DID IT! Well, the truth is YOU did it. We just sat back and watched the money roll in. While technically we won’t get the funding until the end of the campaign, Sam and Max printed off fake copies of all the bills and were rolling around in them... (Read More)

Hey Watson fanatics, just a short update tonight. We put together our first concept art of the Watson Ui! We'll have some official screencaps in the near future to show off, and we're really excited at how it's coming together!  In addition, when we... (Read More)

It is with great pleasure that I announce that we've reached $25,000, or half our funding. Ok, well, it's actually $27,000. I was late doing this. I can't keep up! To celebrate this important occasion we are going to have... a survey!  Yay! Every... (Read More)

Three days in and we're at Ten Thousand dollars! I can't stress enough how excited the team is by the interest in the project, and we hope all you Watson fanatics are right there along with us. We've still got a long way to go, and we deeply... (Read More)

Woohoo, two hours in and we're already at $217!! At this rate, we'll reach our goal in under... what, 500 hours? So like 20 days? Is that how math works? Watson would know. Anyway, we just thought we should share with all of you our newly-created... (Read More)